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By Mohammed Al Qawli Americans must demand an end to drone strikes on innocent civilians December 09, 2013 “Information Clearing House – “Al Jazeera” – I am writing today as a grieving brother, haunted by questions about Ali al Qawli’s death and the complicity of the United States and the Yemeni governments in bringing it about. My…

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By Douglas Foster December 5, 2013 By the time of his death at age 95, South Africans were well prepared to keep his dream alive—that too is part of Nelson Mandela’s great legacy. Nelson Mandela addresses crowd at a Port Elizabeth rally on April 1, 1990. (Reuters) To fully grasp the meaning of Nelson Mandela’s death, at…

By Noam Chomsky November 30, 2013 “Information Clearing House –Three years since the start of the Arab revolutions, the region has witnessed a kaleidoscope of dramatic developments ranging from free elections to the violent suppression of change. How would you describe the Arab Spring today? In the past I’ve described it as a “work in progress.”…

By Eric Margolis After all the gnashing of teeth, beating of breasts and tearing of hair coming from Israel and its American supporters, you’d think last week’s nuclear deal in Geneva has opened the way for Iran to become a mighty nuclear weapons power. Nonsense. Coolly examined, Tehran came off with the short end of…

By Timothy Alexander Guzman Silent Crow News “Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt” –Henrik Ibsen December 01, 2013 “Information Clearing House – According to Oxford Dictionary the term Slave is defined as “a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey…

By Nathalie Tocci As crisis looms in Egypt, the EU and the US find themselves on a policy crossroad. The EU has few options for its foreign policy towards Egypt [AFP] While clashes and violence are by no means over, today’s Egypt seems eerily headed towards normalisation. The regime is determined to signal its credibility…

By Richard Smith November 16, 2013 “Information Clearing House – “Adbusters” —When, on May 10th, scientists at Mauna Loa Observatory on the big island of Hawaii announced that global CO2 emissions had crossed a threshold at 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in millions of years, a sense of dread spread around the…

By Gareth Porter November 16, 2013 “Information Clearing House – “IPS” —WASHINGTON, Nov 15 2013 (IPS) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov revealed a crucial detail Thursday about last week’s nuclear talks with Iran in Geneva that explains much more clearly than previous reports why the meeting broke up without agreement. Lavrov said the United States…

by Robert Kennedy Tensions high between long-time allies, but is the “special relationship” really in serious trouble? Doha, Qatar – It was one of the most important bilateral meetings of the 20th century when an American president invited an Arab king aboard the USS Quincy in the Suez Canal in February 1945. The leaders of Britain,…

by Angelique Chrisafis Swiss scientists discovered unexpectedly high levels of polonium despite fears body would not yield much evidence Yasser Arafat’s coffin in Ramallah after his death in 2004. Photograph: Jamal Aruri/AFP/Getty Images When Palestinian officials opened up Yasser Arafat‘s grave in November last year, the international scientists standing by were not sure whether the…